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Ophthalmologists who accept Medicare in Bethesda, MD
CMS lists 30 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Bethesda. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 18. Offer telehealth: 1.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 20817 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $148, of which you pay about $37; a follow-up visit $81, of which you pay about $20 — the 20% coinsurance after the yearly Part B deductible. Clinicians who don't accept assignment can charge up to 15% more; with a Medicare Advantage plan, your plan's copay applies instead.
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Order: clinicians who accept assignment first, then by MIPS score (highest first), then by last name.
Charles F. Bahn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 96.8/100Graduated 1977 · Tulane University School of MedicineMaleEmerson Que, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 95.3/100Graduated 2000MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $23Harry H. Huang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100Graduated 1983 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $590Russell Huang, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.1/100Graduated 2017 · Northwestern University Feinberg Medical SchoolMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $754Omar R. Chaudhary, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100Graduated 2007 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $805James M. Heltzer, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100Graduated 1995 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $966Robert F. Stephens, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93/100Graduated 1971 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleViraj J. Mehta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.8/100Graduated 2013MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $935Amy Green-Simms, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.2/100Graduated 2007 · Mayo Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $572Newell A. Hargett, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.2/100Graduated 1972 · JS Weill Medical College, Cornell UniversityMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $581Maxwell A. Helfgott, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.2/100Graduated 1972 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $711Daniel Pluznik, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.2/100Graduated 1995 · University of Maryland School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $898Albert S. Cytryn, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1985 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $600Kevin I. Perman, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 75/100Graduated 1979 · George Washington University School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $115Alexander F. Baten-Tschan, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 2018 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $481Srinivas M. Sastry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 0/100Graduated 1990 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleMona Kaleem, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Howard University College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,198Sophia S. Wong, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $99Andrew R. Carey, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010 · University of South Florida College of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $125Alejandra Maiz, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100Graduated 2020FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Nakul S. Shekhawat, MD
May accept assignmentMIPS score (2024): 83.3/100Graduated 2014 · Vanderbilt University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $89Joseph Anaya, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017 · Harvard Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Poojitha Balakrishnan, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · University of Alabama School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $92Nur Cardakli, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $143Chris Cho, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $327Matthew Javitt, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020MaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $212Lisa Lin, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $57Shahriyar P. Majidi
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · Washington University School of MedicineMaleShameema Sikder, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2006 · University of Arizona College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $448Imane Tarib, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Bethesda: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $37
Before you book
This list comes from Medicare's enrollment records, not from reviews. Call the office to confirm the clinician is taking new Medicare patients. With Original Medicare, a clinician who accepts assignment can only charge you the Medicare deductible and coinsurance; one who doesn't may charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, check that the clinician is in the plan's network.
The MIPS final score (0–100) comes from Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System for 2024. It combines quality measures, cost, improvement activities and use of certified health records, and it sets a payment adjustment. Clinicians who report as a group share the group's score. It is not a patient rating, and many clinicians have no published score.
Payments from drug and medical device companies come from CMS Open Payments (2025 general payments: meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and similar), summed for each clinician. Receiving payments is legal and common and does not mean a clinician did anything wrong.
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Enrollment, addresses and scores are as reported to CMS and can change. This is not a list of in-network providers for any Medicare Advantage plan, and it is not medical advice. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, Clinician MIPS Performance 2024 and Facility Affiliation Data (released Oct 2, 2026).